Rainbow 7

Rainbow 7
Rainbow 7
Studio album by Morning Musume
Released	February 15, 2006
Recorded	2005
Genre	J-pop; dance-pop; pop rock;
Length	52:56
Label	Zetima Records
Producer	Tsunku
Morning Musume chronology
Limited Edition
	Front cover of limited edition.
Singles from Rainbow 7
	"The Manpower!!!"; Released: January 19, 2005; "Osaka Koi no Uta"; Released: April 27, 2005; "Iroppoi Jirettai"; Released: July 27, 2005; "Chokkan 2 (Nogashita Sakana wa Ōkiizo!)"; Released: November 19, 2005;

Rainbow 7 (レインボー7) is the seventh album by the J-pop idol group Morning Musume. It is the first album to feature 7th generation member Koharu Kusumi and first album after graduation of Kaori Iida and Rika Ishikawa and departure of Mari Yaguchi. It was released on February 15, 2006.

Overview

The album features the last single A-sides to feature founding member Kaori Iida and long-time members Rika Ishikawa and Mari Yaguchi, all of whom departed the band (Iida for a solo career, Yaguchi because of a scandal though she now works as a general entertainer, Ishikawa to focus on her new group V-u-den) in the months after their previous studio album, Ai no Dai 6 Kan, was released. Although their vocals are heard on these tracks, they are not credited anywhere in the liner notes. One of the singles represented, "Chokkan 2 (Nogashita Sakana wa Ōkiizo!)", appears in remixed form.

Three of the songs on the album are performed by smaller clusters of several group members, and are credited in the liner notes to the featured members involved, rather than to the entire band.

Two different versions of the album were released, different from the usual "first press" versions. The limited edition version contained a 32-page photobook and had special packaging. When the two versions were announced it was said that each version (limited and normal) would have a different bonus track but, due to a problem on the manufacturer's end, the idea was abandoned.

Track listing

How Do You Like Japan? (Nihon wa Donna Kanji Dekka?) (How Do You Like Japan？～日本はどんな感じでっか？～)
The Manpower!!! (The マンパワー!!!)
Aozora ga Itsumademo Tsuzuku You na Mirai de Are! (青空がいつまでも続くような未来であれ!, The Future is Like an Eternally Continuing Blue Sky!)
Osaka Koi no Uta (大阪　恋の歌, Osaka Love Song)
Indigo Blue Love
- Performed by Risa Niigaki, Reina Tanaka and Eri Kamei.
Rainbow Pink (レインボーピンク)
- Performed by Koharu Kusumi and Sayumi Michishige.
Iroppoi Jirettai (色っぽい　じれったい, Sexy Impatient)
Mushoku Tōmei na Mama de (無色透明なままで, Always Colourless and Invisible)
- Performed by Hitomi Yoshizawa, Makoto Ogawa, Ai Takahashi, Asami Konno and Miki Fujimoto.
Purple Wind (パープルウインド)
Sayonara See You Again Adios Bye Bye Ta Ta! (さよなら See You Again アディオス Bye Bye チャッチャ!)
Chokkan 2 (Nogashita Sakana wa Ookiizo! (Mattaku Sono Toori Remix)) (直感2 〜逃した魚は大きいぞ!〜（全くその通リミックス）)
Joshi Kashimashi Monogatari 3 (女子かしまし物語３)

Personnel

Hitomi Yoshizawa – vocals (all tracks except 5 and 6)
Ai Takahashi – vocals (all tracks except 5 and 6)
Asami Konno – vocals (all tracks except 5 and 6)
Makoto Ogawa – vocals (all tracks except 5 and 6)
Risa Niigaki – vocals (all tracks except 6 and 8)
Miki Fujimoto – vocals (all tracks except 5 and 6)
Eri Kamei – vocals (all tracks except 6 and 8)
Sayumi Michishige – vocals (all tracks except 5 and 8)
Reina Tanaka – vocals (all tracks except 6 and 8)
Koharu Kusumi – vocals (all tracks except 2, 4, 5 and 8)
Kaori Iida – vocals (track 2 only, uncredited)
Mari Yaguchi – vocals (tracks 2 and 4 only, uncredited)
Rika Ishikawa – vocals (tracks 2 and 4 only, uncredited)
Tsunku – Composer, vocals (background)
Akira – keyboards, MIDI programming, backing vocals
Hojin Egawa – bass
Funky Sueyoshi – drums
Ken Matsubara – all instruments (Track 2)
Hideyuki "Daichi" Suzuki – guitar, keyboards, MIDI programming
Yoshinari Takegami – brass arrangement, saxophone
Masanori Suzuki – trumpet
Masakki Ikeda – trombone
Eiji Taniguchi – clarinet
You Uchida – backing vocals
Hiroaki Takeuchi – backing vocals
Atsuko Inaba – backing vocals
Yuichi Takahashi – guitar, keyboards, MIDI programming, backing vocals
Hello! Project Wonderful Hearts Tour Staff – backing vocals
Koji – electric guitar
Masayoshi Furukawa – acoustic guitar
Yasushi Sasamoto – bass
Kaoru Ohkubo – keyboards, MIDI programming
Taro Irie – bass
Makoto Katayama – guitar
Shoichiro Hirata – keyboards, MIDI programming
Toru Kinoshita – guitar
Hiroshi Iida – percussion
Shunsuke Suzuki – keyboards, MIDI programming, guitar
Kotaro Egami – remixing (Track 11)
Hiroshi Imade – blues harp
Siroh Tsubuyaki – tsubuyaki

Production

Kazami Matsui - recording and mixing engineer
Ryo Wakizaka - recording and mixing engineer
Takeshi Yanagisawa - recording engineer
Shinnosuke Kobayashi - recording engineer
Tsunku - mix engineer
Yuichi Ohtsubo - second engineer
Hirofumi Hiraki - second engineer
Youhei Horiuchi - second engineer
Yasuji Yasman Maeda - mastering engineer

External links

Rainbow 7 entry at Up-Front Works